"I was the subject of the ACTH project, a secret project conducted by the U.S. military to explore the limits of the human body, and I was the only successful subject to survive."

Schiller's gaze fell on Knell's body, which had no scars, but that was nearly impossible for a seasoned killer unless he had far more regenerative abilities than ordinary people.

"I don't know the specific data of this experiment, no one told me at the time, and I didn't care about it later, but this project team existed for a short time and disappeared, because Congress wanted to catch the handle of the military at that time, and illegal human experiments were a good way to operate."

"The project team disbanded so quickly that people who wanted to make a profit or climb to a high position were not reconciled, and after the project team was disbanded, they went their separate ways, and one of the scientists decided to surrender to Congress, and he was named Francis Campbell."

"Campbell knows everything about the specific data of the project, and he can provide that information to Congress as evidence of the military's illegal human experimentation, and that includes details about me, the only successful test subject and survivor, and I can't let him do that because I have family."

"Once Congress finds out that I've become a superweapon, they won't give up controlling me, and the best way to control me is to control my family, and I learned that through William Walsh."

"In that case, he should have saved you."

"It's far from that simple, Walsh is just an opportunist, and when the project team still exists, he and Campbell don't get along, but he is more inclined to the military and doesn't want Campbell to succeed."

"He told you to kill Campbell?"

"It wasn't an order, but he knew I would do it to protect myself, and I did as he wished."

Deathbell sighed, Schiller could hear the annoyance, and sure enough, Deathbell spoke: "This matter has passed like this, but William Walsh's fool actually kept a list of subjects privately, and let his wife know, the two of them divorced, and the child was awarded to the woman." ”

"Later his wife remarried, married to a merchant named De Nechet, and his son was raised by his stepfather, and after William Sr. died, his only blood relative, William De Nechet Jr., went to receive his biological father's estate, and found that list in the estate."

"He betrayed you." Schiller adds an epilogue to the story by saying, "He knocked on the door of the FBI with this information and got on the line of Amanda." ”

"He's always wanted to find me." Knell's tone had sunk to the bottom, and he said, "He thinks that the surviving super weapon must still be alive, and he is the only one who knows how to handle dangerous weapons - he knows the identity of my family, so he must die." ”

At this point, Deathbell was stunned for a moment, and he suddenly looked up at Schiller, because he recalled the question Schiller had when he started the topic - "You have family, right?" ”

"William gave you that list?"

"I found it myself." Schiller did not shy away from Knell's murderous gaze, saying, "Why do you think that a murder happened in front of me, and I don't go to the bottom of the investigation?" ”

"Mr. Wilson, your biggest mistake was not to fiddle with William's corpse, and to construct his death in an artistic way, which greatly intrigued me."

"For some reason, I reach out to people who can make this kind of art and invite them to join the art group I founded, and I think the person who killed William has the qualifications, so I went to investigate who did it."

"You can't find the murderer without looking up William, although I have no interest in him and I don't know his family history, I simply asked Amanda where he lived, and found the list, and he didn't even hide it."

"This idiot!" Deathstroke said through gritted teeth.

"I'm curious, why didn't you go to his residence and destroy the list after killing him, you wouldn't think he had destroyed it, would you?"

"I thought William had hidden it."

"Then you're overestimating this idiot."

Knell was visibly choked, he felt that he had been scolded by Schiller and that he had proof, but he could not refute it.

"A common problem of smart people." Schiller put his hand on the handle of his umbrella, smiled, and said, "Do you think it is very likely that he divided the list into several parts, each hidden in secret locations around the world, and also assigned countless complex passwords for the safe deposit box that only he knew." ”

"You clearly know that no matter how complex the puzzle is, as long as the only person who knows all the clues is dead, no one can connect so much information to find the final answer, this is a convenient and fast enough method for patients with paranoia and delusional victimization."

"But William's stupidity is obviously beyond your imagination, he simply puts that list on the bookshelf of his apartment, sandwiched between a book with his initials on it, and I just know his stupidity better than you do."

Deathstroke reclined back in the recliner as if suddenly deflated, and said, "And how do you know about his relationship with me?" ”

"I know you killed him."

"How do you know?"

"I just know." Schiller turned to sit down in another recliner next to him and said, "If you want to use my answer to find a hole in your own technique, you may be disappointed." ”

"I'm not using detective methods to find the murderer, my methods are more abstract."

"Anyway, it's okay to be idle now, you can talk about it."

"I saw a contradiction in William's corpse, the murderer's method of killing him was too professional, crisp and neat, without clues, professional like the best killer in the world."

"But the killer doesn't pour so much emotion into the corpse, I see anger in the corpse's death, your heart and spirit are imprisoned by some of his actions, so you in turn imprison his body in a box."

Deathbell's fingertips moved slightly, and he seemed to hesitate, but in the end he seemed to feel that things had reached such a point that there was no point in hiding them, so he said, "The FBI is a problem for me." ”

"Or to put it another way, the official law enforcement agencies of any major country in the world are a problem for the killers, and the FBI is even more troublesome because they know my real information, and I have to stay away from them for the sake of my family to prevent them from recognizing me."

"It's not impossible, Campbell had already submitted some of the experimental information to Congress to gain Congress's trust, and once the FBI got the original experimental information from Congress and matched some of the characteristics I exhibited, they would know who I was."

"So you're quarantined." Schiller concluded: "William's actions have meant that you have to stay away from this country, and in retaliation, you have segregated him in a box. ”

"That's what he deserves." The anger in Knell's tone did not subside, both angry at William's stupidity and angry at his own carelessness.

"You may think it's just a public revenge and humiliation, but you don't have a lot of experience showing corpses to the world, and the messages you left on corpses are not carefully screened, and to me it's like writing your name on them."

"Before that, I never thought that there would be a person like you in the world, showing the face of a corpse? Hum. Deathstroke snorted coldly, but still spoke: "I'm just a killer who takes money to do things, if it weren't for the personal vendetta with that idiot, and I want to warn the FBI, I wouldn't have touched his body, I'm not a psychopath." ”

"But with all due respect, you definitely have that talent."

Feeling Schiller's sudden excitement in talking, Deathstroke immediately interrupted him: "I collect the money according to the order, and I will leave after killing, I don't need to know how to fiddle with the corpse is correct, just ask whatever you want." ”

"When did the League of Assassins find you?"

"Two months after I killed Gorbachev."

Schiller thought for a moment and said, "I'm afraid Lei Xiaogu is not as confident as he appears, and he is also afraid of you." ”

"He has no reason to be afraid of me, no one pays me to kill him, he is absolutely safe."

"But he doesn't know if anyone will give money, because someone just gave you money to kill an important person, and he thinks that the people behind you want to establish a new order in the world like him, and he thinks that the people behind you have been eyeing him for a long time."

"Don't you?"

"No, I thought he would be more interested in my students." Schiller shook his head, still speaking in a chatty tone, and Death Knell was a little unsure of what Schiller meant, so he asked tentatively, "So you came to me to give me another business?" ”

"You think I'll hire you to kill him?"

"Why do people like you like to use rhetorical questions?"

"Because psychiatrists usually charge by the hour, which is a good rule, I suggest you can use it too, so that you can also charge my money just for a conversation."

Deathstroke felt that he was being ridiculed by Schiller again, but with possible business in front of him, he did not have time to think about it, and said: "That old devil is difficult to deal with, so the price is high. ”

"But I'm not going to pay."

"Then I'm afraid you will receive round after round of temptation from him, and there will be no peace from now on." Deathstroke lay on the chaise longue with his hands folded on his abdomen, made a smug gesture, and said, "Although I personally would love to see you being chased, I also think he can't do it, but in any case he will cause you a lot of trouble." ”

"I mean, I'm not going to hire killers who spend money, so why not use them if there's a free one?"

Deathbell narrowed his eyes and said, "If there really is such an interesting person, you must introduce it to me." ”

"It's not you guys."

"Who's that?"

"A man of the Assassin League."

In the dining room of the Rodriguez Manor, Lex and Clark looked at Bruce who walked back with his mobile phone, Lex frowned and asked, "What are you doing?" How did you go for so long? ”

"I got a call from Professor Schiller."

"Is there anything urgent?" Clark asked with concern.

"Nothing." Bruce sighed softly and said, "It's just that I'm going to retake the exam again." ”

Lex squeezed a sneer out of his throat, while Clark asked with some curiosity, "Another exam?" What is the content of the exam? ”

"Get a troublesome woman."

Roasted bats

(End of chapter)